Case Study: Oxford University Press reduces risk and modernizes IT with Cognizant

Oxford University Press cuts end-of-life equipment 75% with Cognizant

Oxford University Press (OUP), a leading academic and educational publisher, faced the challenge of modernizing its sprawling legacy global IT estate, which contained significant end-of-life equipment and single points of failure that posed a business risk. To increase resilience and drive operational efficiency, OUP partnered with technology vendor Cognizant to undertake a multi-year IT transformation and modernization program.

Cognizant implemented a comprehensive solution that included migrating data centers, decommissioning nearly 1,000 legacy servers, and rolling out Microsoft 365 and Azure cloud services. The results were a 75% reduction in end-of-life equipment, 66% of workloads migrated to the cloud, and a 30% reduction in license exposure. This modernization significantly increased OUP's operational resilience, improved system performance, and delivered substantial cost savings, providing a strong foundation for future innovation.

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